Regional Workforce

A dedicated and loyal workforce, ready to go to work for you!

18% of Southern Virginia's workforce is in the manufacturing sector. Our employees are used to shift work, team work, and critical thinking.

Labor Market

Regional Workforce – 102.05625-mile Radius Workforce – 472,031

Unemployment Rate, June 2018

Southern Virginia 4.7%Extended Labor Market Area 4.0%Statewide 3.3%

National Career Readiness Certificate

The Southern Virginia region has partnered with ACT to become a Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC). The CWRC is based on ACT’s National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC), a stackable credential that forms the basic building block for career pathways built through public-private partnerships between education and industry. The NCRC documents an individual’s foundational workplace skills such as math, reading and locating information – skills required for a majority of today’s jobs.

Number of NCRC’s obtained by the workforce in the region (as of September 16, 2018):

Southern Virginia

6,364

Educational Attainment

On-Time Graduation Rate (Class of 2017) 87.8%Age 25+ who are high school graduates (2012-2016) 80.2%Age 25+ who have earned a Bachelor's Degree or higher (2012-2016) 14.9%